Match-box holder.



A. GOLDSOHMIDT.

MATCH BOX HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 7, 1912.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

Anon GOLDSCHMIDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATCH-Box HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

Application filed August 7, 1912. Serial No. 712,700.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AnoLr Goijnsoiniin'r, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Box Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a holder for match-boxes, which is manufactured from thin metal, stiff paper board, or the like, in a form quite flat, without projections or protuberances, and therefore, suitable to be included as an advertising card, in a wrapped package of goods. In order that the device may be easily arranged by any one into whose hands the holder may come, to receive a match-box and hold it in such position that the matches may be easily removed and ignited, the plate or card has an incision defining, preferably in the central portion of the device, a matchbox receiving-tongue which, when forced sli htly forward, bending at its base line, may be inserted between the outer portion or cover and the inner portion or body of a matchbox to secure the box to the holder; and with a second incision defining a portion which, when bent up on a line preferably extending lengthwise of the tongue, forms a stop or rest, located within the margin of the tongue and serving to support the inner portion or body of the match-box in a protruding relationship to the cover when the tongue is inserted between the inner and outer port-ions of the match-box as described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an illustration of the card or plate as it is manufactured and ready for distribution; Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the holder ready to receive a match-box; and Fig. 3 is a section through the holder and a match-box thereon.

The card or plate 1 has the inverted U- shaped incision 2 which has the effect to separate the central portion, in the form of an attached tongue, from the body of the card or plate. From Figs. 2 and 3', it will be seen that when this tongue is pushed slightly forward, bending at the base line, it is of suitable shape and arrangement to be inserted between the cover 4 and the body 5 of the match-box. The second incision 3 defines a portion 6 which, when bent outwardly as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, constitutes a stop and support for the inner portion or body of the match-box, so that when the match-box is in place on the holder, the end of the body protrudes and exposes the machines as shown in Fig. 3. It is preferable to so shape the incision 3 that the line of bend of the portion 6 is lengthwise of the tongue, since this construction produces a stop portion 6, such as to be capable of resisting all strains due to the pushing down of the box on the holder without danger that the stop will become deformed. In the preferred form of the invention, the incision 7 is made so as to further divide the portion 6 from the body of the plate or card and partially free it along the line of bend. This has the double purpose that it makes the bending-up operation easier and also leaves the line of bend of the tongue free from the restraint which would arise if the incision 7 were absent- It is convenient to provide the plate or card with ears or projections as shown at 8, so that it may be conveniently fastened to a wall or the like, and it will be understood that in use, the device may bear suitable advertising matter and may be manufactured of a material and with workmanship, permitting a wide range of choice, so that the device may be adapted to different advertising and commercial purposes.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A holder for match-boxes, comprising a thin card or plate, having an incision de fining a match-box receiving tongue which, when forced slightly forward, bending at its base line, may be inserted between the outer portion or cover and the inner portion or body of a match-box, said card or plate having a second incision defining a portion having a line of attachment to the card lengthwise of the tongue and which, when bent outwardly along said line of attachment serves to support the inner portion or body of the match-box in a protruding relationship to the cover when the tongue is inserted between the portions of a match-box as described.

2. A holder for match-boxes, comprising a thin card or plate, having an incision defining a match-box receiving tongue, which may be inserted between the outer portion or .1-

cover and the inner portion or body of a match-box, said card or plate having a Second incision defining a portion having I ing the portion defined by the second inoi if) a line of attachment to the card lengthwise sion along its line of bond, as described.

the tongue and which when bent outwardly In testimony whereof I affix iny signature along said line of attachment sefrves to supin presence of two Witnesses.

port the inner DOItlOIl or body 0 the match- 1 box in a pi'o truding relationship to the ADOLF GOLDSCHMID'I' cover when the tongue is inserted between WVit-nesses:

the portions of 1, match-box, said plate or JACOB A. GETTENBERG,

card having a third incision partially fi'ee- RUDOLPH MARK.

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